SGRE said in September it would adapt its 8MW, direct-drive turbine with a rotor diameter of 167 metres, for the Asia-Pacific markets to meet the region’s grid codes and withstand its typhoons and seismic activity.

Offshore construction of the first 900MW of Ørsted’s Changhua wind farms is planned to start in 2021, the company stated.

This will be dependent on the signing of the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the project by the end of 2018 and Ørsted’s final investment decision (FID), which is expected in March 2019, it added.

The Danish developer has rights to four sites with a combined capacity of 2.4GW off the coast of Changhua county, and in March, committed to investing $13 billion in the projects.